northstar Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 As anyone seen these before made by Newboult & thorp everlasting clay pigeons with 10 in a box. Any information as to age etc would be welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Nice find !! Obviously didn't catch on but a great piece of history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Maybe someone whacked one with an old Winchester trap load through a bit of choke and they weren't so everlasting 😂 Agreed, nice find, they'd look nice in the man cave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord v Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Given how chippy most of my breaks are those edges would be FUBAR in no time. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 I remember these way back in the 70s, don't know if the same maker. They not only PING but also wobble when hit. They where good fun. Never could train my lab to retrieve them though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 I see a lot of ever lasting ones every time I go clay shooting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor91 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Lord v said: Given how chippy most of my breaks are those edges would be FUBAR in no time. 😂 The ones I shot at would be able to be put back in the box and re sold as new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSpredder Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 We had one around 1960, cast aluminium, but the same profile as a normal clay target, not the rounded shape shown in the OP's photo. Gave quite a piercing sound when hit, and I don't recall any signs of damage from the shot (fairly soft lead in those days). Very good exercise for me, because dad did most of the shooting, while I launched the target from a "Bisley" hand flinger and then ran to pick it up afterwards. There would have been less running if we had had a box of ten, but I think those targets were fairly expensive in their day. Something I was once told about, but have never seen, was a target moulded from very hard black rubber. I believe the idea was that you might slip a few of these into the trap as a joke, so that a conceited shooter might be cut down to size when a lot of targets flew on unscathed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northstar Posted January 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Thanks for all your comments. Would be great to find a advert from a old shooting magazine or someone from a gunshop who remembers selling them, please ask around ! Edited January 23, 2020 by northstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Newboult & Thorp were based in Retford Notts and made a range of clay traps etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 I think those are the ones they put in the trap when I shoot at them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 As all of the above, we had some in the early 1970's. I do not recall if they 'pinged' as advertised, I could not hit them to find out. Fired them from an old Eley 'Plus' trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Imagine them in sunlight, you'd never see it to hit it. Great price of clay sports history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipper Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 We had a couple late 60s.Looking at them looked the same as a normal clay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan mcmahon Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 They were never made at newboult and thorpe whilst i was workin thee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 I remember seeing them advertised but I don't think we ever actually bought any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 I had maybe three or four with the idea of mounting them on a board as trophies. In the end they ended up as receptacles for bolts when underneath cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Here we go again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 34 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Here we go again! Unless you have got good hearing I couldn't really see the point of having a clay that ring or ping when hit and then got to search about the marsh to find the clay after you had hit it , or in my case missing it after a lengthy inquiry as I swore blind I could hear it yell out after a Yellow Wizard was chasing it This would have been around the time we shot at drink cans fired from a dummy launcher , these were good fun as you could see if you had hit the can , trouble is , drinking all that ole Coke just to get the empty can didn't do you or your pocket a lot of good . Another total waste of time around that period was watching a Eley tracer cartridge fired at a clay to see where you were missing , did they ever improve anyone's shooting ? , I very , very much doubt it Carry on Dave , my rant is over .......... for today that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miki Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 On 23/01/2020 at 16:11, bluesj said: I see a lot of ever lasting ones every time I go clay shooting! haha ... me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 4 hours ago, marsh man said: This would have been around the time we shot at drink cans fired from a dummy launcher , these were good fun as you could see if you had hit the can , trouble is , drinking all that ole Coke just to get the empty can didn't do you or your pocket a lot of good . Skol lager for me. You could just about get two uses from a can when it'd been hit as that second launching would crumple an already hit can. From my memory when the bases of drinks cans changed their shape the era of the Webley can launcher was done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 5 hours ago, enfieldspares said: Skol lager for me. You could just about get two uses from a can when it'd been hit as that second launching would crumple an already hit can. From my memory when the bases of drinks cans changed their shape the era of the Webley can launcher was done. Not sure if you could use the can launcher for gun dog dummies as well , or visa versa . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 23 minutes ago, marsh man said: Not sure if you could use the can launcher for gun dog dummies as well , or visa versa . I think there was a cottage industry in converting them. I also now recall we used Colt 45 (it was a canned beer) cans also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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